Hakodate was exceptionally lively tonight.
Police cars were densely spread throughout the streets and alleys of Hakodate. At Goryokaku, a strong beam of light shone out, pointing directly at Mount Hakodate, a famous scenic spot in Hakodate.
On Mount Hakodate, Toru, accompanied by Momiji, Shizuka, and Hayasaka, ascended to the summit and gazed at the night view, which was renowned as the most beautiful in the world.
The night view was beautiful, but if it was called the best in the world, Toru felt that was a bit exaggerated.
As night fell, the entire city seemed to light up.
Looking down from the summit, the city lights twinkled like stars, outlining the graceful curve of the coastline.
The bay was like a butterfly spreading its wings, reflected on the dark sea.
The distant starlight and the nearby streetlights complemented each other, serene and romantic.
Especially with the numerous police cars scattered throughout Hakodate at this time, the red and blue flashing lights brought an unprecedented splendor to the scene.
"Toru-kun, I heard this is the most suitable place in Hokkaido for confessions."
Momiji wore a fashionable pink coat. She stood beside Toru, tightening the collar around her neck.
The night view of Hakodate was beautiful, but in Momiji's eyes, she could not see the beautiful lights and starlight. Her eyes only held Toru's clear and bright profile.
Toru turned his head and met Momiji's gaze. He smiled and asked, "Momiji, are you hoping I'll confess to you here?"
Momiji nodded, then shook her head.
This attitude instead made Toru a little surprised.
Momiji said softly, "Of course I want Toru-kun to confess to me here, to tell me he will only love me for a lifetime."
"But I don't dare do that."
"Why?" Toru asked curiously.
Momiji carefully chose her words. She said, "I understand myself very well. I'm actually a very possessive woman."
"In today's terms, I might be a bit yandere. I've even secretly thought at home that I really wanted to lock Toru-kun up, lock you in the basement, so you would never be able to leave me."
Toru's smile remained unchanged, but he thought to himself, Your idea is exactly the same as my sister Moeha's idea.
Is this the twisted psychology that wealthy young ladies have?
Momiji herself laughed. "Of course, I know this idea is wrong, and I can't actually lock Toru-kun up."
"I selfishly hope Toru-kun will only love me forever, but I also understand that there are too many girls who like an excellent man like Toru-kun."
"If I show too much possessiveness, it will only make Toru-kun dislike me and make you stay away from me."
"So, even if I have the urge to keep you by my side forever, I won't say it, and I certainly won't let Toru-kun confess to me here and say he'll only love me for a lifetime."
"I won't force Toru-kun to make a decision or a promise here. That would only make Toru-kun uncomfortable, and I don't want to make you uncomfortable."
Toru looked at Momiji with complicated eyes.
Compared to main characters like Haibara, Vermouth, and the Yukinoshita sisters.
In the plot within Toru's memory, Momiji was just an insignificant supporting character.
But at this moment, Momiji showed a personality far beyond that of a supporting character and astonishing wisdom.
This suddenly made Toru realize something.
This was a real world. Everyone was the protagonist of their own life. They were not NPCs. They had their own emotions, their own lives, and were not insignificant people.
Toru exhaled deeply and sighed. "Momiji, you truly have made me look at you in a new light."
Thinking carefully, Momiji was the prime minister's granddaughter, the heir of the Ooka family, one of Japan's largest political families.
She had stunning beauty, an amazing family background, and was extremely capable herself.
As a two-time consecutive karuta champion, in the field she loved and was good at, she had reached the pinnacle.
Especially when she fell in love with someone, she fell completely in love and would never be half-hearted. Such a good woman was truly hard to find.
If Toru had met such a woman when he had first reincarnated here, he might truly have given up the entire forest for one tree.
However, by this time, Toru had experienced too much and had become entangled with too many women.
He could no longer hurt others for the sake of one person.
Shizuka quietly listened to Momiji's heartfelt words, feeling emotional. What an excellent girl.
If only she could be her daughter-in-law.
As soon as this thought surfaced, Shizuka shook her head again.
Heiji was not worthy of such an excellent girl. It was better not to ruin her.
Moreover, for such an excellent girl to have such deep feelings for her little lover, didn't that prove from another perspective that her choice of this little lover was correct?
The slight thought Shizuka had just had vanished like smoke.
Even an excellent girl like Momiji did not dare selfishly possess Toru. As an older woman herself, she should not have any foolish fantasies. Maintaining this kind of relationship was actually quite good.
Hayasaka felt a chill in her heart at this moment.
She thought this woman was terrifying!
She seemingly used a detached attitude to express her decision to let go.
But under such a romantic atmosphere, she spoke such self-pitying words, which would only make Young Master Fujiwara feel even more pity for her!
Kaguya-sama, even if you have evolved, you probably won't find it easy to deal with such a woman. Moreover, I deeply doubt how much you can evolve.
Fortunately, she was just a maid to begin with, so she did not have so many foolish fantasies and would not feel cold to the point of despair.
Hakodate under the night sky had extraordinary beauty.
Just as everyone was lost in their own thoughts, a gasp of surprise suddenly came from the nearby crowd.
"Look, what is that?"
"An airplane?"
"Is there some kind of performance in Hakodate today?"
"Wow, that light was already beautiful enough. I didn't expect there would be a new show."
The crowd discussed excitedly, all staring at the airplane in the sky.
Toru had excellent eyesight and saw at a glance that there were actually two people fighting on the airplane, and below the airplane, something was hanging.
A bomb?
He frowned, took out his phone, and sent a message.
"Curacao, what's going on with this airplane and the bomb hanging below it?"
"Sorry, Boss, I was just about to shoot it down with anti-aircraft weapons."
"Then hurry up."
"Yes. And Boss, I checked according to your instructions and found traces of Kuroba Toichi."
Toru put away his phone, his eyes slightly narrowed.
You still exposed your whereabouts, Kuroba Toichi.
On Mount Hakodate, Curacao held a Stinger anti-aircraft missile, aiming at the airplane in the sky.
"Using a Stinger on such an old airplane is a bit of a waste, but Boss probably won't mind."
She aimed at the target, and an anti-aircraft missile roared toward the sky.
Heiji, who was fighting with someone on the airplane, suddenly sensed something was wrong. From the corner of his eye, he saw an anti-aircraft missile flying toward them, and his expression changed drastically.
"Damn it!! Why are there anti-aircraft missiles here!!!"
At this moment, Heiji could not help but curse loudly and jumped out of the old propeller airplane without thinking.
Jumping down might give him a chance of survival, but being hit by an anti-aircraft missile meant certain death!
(To be continued.)
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